Editing Contractor

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{{Character Infobox
|name = Contractor
|image = ACSH The Contractor 1.png
|death = 1582<br>Near the [[Port of Sakai]], [[Izumi Settsu]], [[Japan]]
|species = [[Human]]
|affiliates = [[Japanese Rite of the Templar Order|Japanese Rite]]
*[[Seta River Killers]]
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The '''Contractor''' (died 1582) was a [[Japan]]ese criminal hired by the [[Japanese Rite of the Templar Order|Japanese Rite]] of the [[Templars|Templar Order]] during the late [[Sengoku period]].

==Biography==
In 1582, the Contractor and his fellow killers worked under their leader and local Templar [[Gaspar]], who went by the cryptonym '''The Architect'''. Pooling together their investigation, they chose influential targets around the provinces of [[Ōmi]] and [[Izumi Settsu]] to better control their respective towns and villages. Aboard a ship off the coast of [[Sakai]], the Contractor took their research and assisted in giving out contracts to his cohorts.<ref name="A Critical Encounter">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]] – [[Story Drops]]'' – [[A Critical Encounter]]</ref>

However, one of his co-conspirators, [[Rufino]], a [[Portugal|Portuguese]] translator, became aware of the reality of the situation and ran to his old associate and friend [[Tomiko]] at her [[Tomiko's Homestead|homestead]]. There, he gave information about the ship near Sakai to her and her fellow [[Japanese Brotherhood of Assassins|Kakushiba ''ikki'']] members [[Fujibayashi Naoe]] and [[Yasuke]], who agreed to help him investigate.<ref name="A Critical Encounter"/>

When Naoe and Yasuke climbed aboard the ship and destroyed the research, the Contractor saw and incapacitated Rufino, who followed his allies. However, Naoe and Yasuke rescued Rufino and killed the Contractor and his men. From the Contractor's personal effects, they discovered that contracts were still sent out and their orders from the Architect with the red [[Templar insignia|Templar cross]]. Naoe and Yasuke promised to stop these contracts while Rufino left to regroup back at the homestead.<ref name="A Critical Encounter"/>

==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]''

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